Introductory text

This Statutory Instrument has been printed to correct errors in S.I. 2016/1024 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Insolvency

Companies

Individuals

Made 10th March 2017

Laid before Parliament 13th March 2017

Coming into force 6th April 2017

The Lord Chancellor has consulted the committee existing for the purposes of section 413 of the Insolvency Act 1986^f1 (“the Act”).

The Lord Chancellor, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and with the concurrence of the Master of the Rolls (nominated by the Lord Chief Justice under section 411(6) and 412(6) of the Act) in relation to those rules which affect court procedure, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 411 and 412 of the Insolvency Act 1986^f2, makes the following Rules.

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Footnotes

f1: 1986 c.45.
f2: Sections 411 and 412 confer on the Lord Chancellor the power to make rules in relation to insolvency in England and Wales with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Lord Chief Justice (in the case of rules that affect court procedure). Relevant amendments to sections 411 and 412 are made by regulations 2 and 3 of S.I. 2002/1037; paragraphs 185, 188 and 189 of Schedule 4 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c.4); paragraphs 1 and 8 of Schedule 20 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c.15); paragraph 44 of Schedule 4 to S.I. 2007/2194; and paragraph 79 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2009/1941.